Tank model to see the effect of land use changes on runoff, infiltration and groundwater in sub

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Tank Model to See The Effect of Land Use Changes on Runoff,

Infiltration and Groundwater in Sub Watershed of Konaweha

South East Sulawesi Indonesia Ridwan Adi Surya

1*, M. Yanuar J. Purwanto

1,2, Asep Sapei

2, Widiatmaka

1,3

1.Study Program of Natural Resources Management and Environmental, Graduate School

Bogor Agricultural University, Baranang Siang Campus, Pajajaran Street, Bogor 40173, Indonesia

2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University

IPB Campus Dramaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia

3.

Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia *E-mail of the corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Water supply is closely related to geographical and climatic factors on the watershed area. Tank model is one of

the hydrological models used to analyze the characteristics of river flow using the data of rainfall and climate.

This study was aimed to analyze the flow rate by using a tank model, which can describe the magnitude of

hydrological processes, namely runoff rate, infiltration capacity, and ground water content in the sub-watershed

of Konaweha. The study site was on the catchment area of the Wawotobi dam of Konawe Regency, South East

Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The study results showed that the conservation activity on the catchment area of

the Wawotobi dam have a role in increasing the river flow rate and water infiltration into the soil. The pattern of

land management that involves the conservation aspects resulted in a lower runoff or discharge rate, a greater

value of infiltration and ground water content that can fill into a greater depth. In this case, the land use that takes

into account the conservation aspects is very important in keeping the interval between maximum and minimum

discharges or river flows, that is, not too big flow. This model of tank can also be used to predict the river flow at

various watershed land uses on the sub-watershed area of Konaweha.

Keywords: tank model, infiltration, watershed, conservation, rainfall

1. Introduction Rain is one of the climate elements that affect watershed area. The direct influence that can be seen is the

potential of water resource. The volume of the water resource in a watershed is highly dependent on the amount

of rainfall existing in the watershed. The change in land use with the biggest effect on the sustainability of water

resource is a change from forest to other uses such as agriculture, plantation, housing or industries. If these

activities are not managed properly, it will cause excess water (flood) during the rainy season and drought during

the dry season. Unwise change in land use not accompanied by conservation measures will cause most rain to

fall as surface discharge (runoff). It is expected that the balance between water supply and water demand can

used to analyze and plan for the water supply or needs for agricultural, domestic, industrial and other purposes as

efficiently as possible. Therefore, the existing pattern of land management needs to be reviewed by looking at

the conservation aspects of water resources. Watershed management models are aimed at maintaining water

quality comprehensively on the watershed areas. Water conservation can be defined as an effort to increase the

amount of ground water that goes into the soil and to create an efficient water use. Each treatment given to a

piece of land will affect the water system on its location and downstream areas. Therefore, soil conservation and

water conservation are two things that are closely related, so it can be said that the various soil conservation

measures are also water conservation measures (Arsyad, 2000). There are many reports of hydrological models

used to analyze the characteristics of river flow using the data of rainfall and climate (Sugawara, 1961; Bosch J.

M. et al., 1982); Haan C. T. et al., 1982; Linsley et al., 1986; Goto A. et al., 1997; Cheamsar, 2000; Sutoyo et

al., 2000; Harmailis, 2001; Suroso, 2006). A tank model is a method which is based on the hypothesis that the

flow of runoff and infiltration is the function of the water amount in the soil (Sugawara, 1961). The model can be

constructed in such a way to represent a number of sub-watersheds of the area, or represent the differences in the

structure/type of soil in each layer. The tank model, besides being able to explain the initial loss of rainfall, and

dependence on earlier rain, can also indicate some components that form the flow of runoff, having its own

period and time lag. Also according to Sugawara (1961), the constructed tank model is the one that comes

closest in its composition to each watershed. A tank with the drainage on the sides represents the runoff, the

bottom drainage indicates infiltration, and the storage component can represent the runoff processes in a

watershed or its part. A number of parallel similar tanks can represent a vast watershed (Linsley, et al., 1986).

Therefore, this study was intended to (1) analyze the flow rate by using a tank model with the parameters of

runoff rate, infiltration capacity, and ground water content, and (2) formulate an accurate scenario of tank model

development to increase the potential of water supply in the sub-watersheds of Konaweha.



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2. Methodology 2.1 Research Site and Time

This study was conducted for one year from March 2012 to February, 2013 on the catchment area of the

Wawotobi dam, the sub-watershed of Konaweha, Konawe Regency, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia and in

Laboratory of Soil and Water Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of

Agricultural Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Dramaga Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Figure 1. Study Area

2.2 Data Types and Source

The data used in this study are of secondary type consisting of (1) rainfall data of 2009 and 2011 from the

rainfall observation station of Abuki, (2) daily discharge data of 2009 and 2011 at Wawotobi Dam, (3)

climatological data of 2009 and 2011 from Wawotobi station, (4) land use maps of Konaweha sub-watershed in

2009 and 2011, (5) topographic map of Konaweha watershed, and (6) type of soil data. The tools used in this

study include computers software.

2.3 Data Analysis

The tank models describe the processes of watershed runoff, which are then formulated into a mathematical

equation. The runoff processes start from the rain, infiltration, and percolation, and to the intermediate flow, and

finally to the formation of base flow. The accumulation of all kinds of runoff is the river discharge or runoff of a

watershed. Stages of data analysis are as follows.

a. Land Cover

This study was done to observe the biophysical condition of land and land cover on the catchment area of

Wawotobi dam and its effect on the water balance. The biophysical characteristics were analyzed descriptively.

For the analysis of land cover changes that occurred in the catchment area of Wawotobi dam, a computer

software and GIS software (geographic information systems) were used. The geographic information system

ArcGIS was used to compare the maps of land use in two different years, namely in 2009 and in 2011 on the

catchment area of Wawotobi dam.

b. Analysis of Rainfall

Rainfall data were collected from the rain observation station Abuki for the year of 2009 and 2011 on Konaweha

watershed. This rainfall is considered the only input in the system, thus no other inputs. In this study, daily

rainfall data available is only from one observation station only, so the rainfall data is considered as the region’s

rainfall that describes the rain condition of the watershed.

c. Analysis Evapotranspiration

The evapotranspiration rate of a region is affected by the local climate such as temperature, wind speed, solar

radiation, and humidity. The evapotranspiration values were calculated using the Penman method. From the

Penman equation, the evaporation value of open water surface Eo was obtained, by taking into account the H and

Ea which include energy (light) and aerodynamics (wind and humidity). ETo values for the climate and a

particular place were calculated from the following equation (Wilson et al, 1993):

ETo = W x Rn + (1-W) x f (u) x (es – e)

Whereby:

Catchment Area Wawotobi

Dam



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ETo : evapotranspiration of referred plants (mm/day)

W : weighting factor related to temperature

Rn : net radiation in evaporation (W/m2/day)

f(u) : function related to wind

(es-e) : difference between the saturated vapor pressure at the mean temperature and the actual vapor pressure

(mmHg)

After the value of ETo, the plant’s water requirement is determined, ETc is obtained from the following equation;

Etc = Kc x ETo

whereby Kc is the plant coefficient.

d. Analysis of River Discharge

River discharge is the output of the sub-watershed in a water balance system. The discharge volume of the river

itself is the sum of the runoff rate and the rainfall that falls directly or received by the river surface extracted by

the evaporation on the river surface. The discharge data analyzed were the daily discharge from the sub-

watershed of Konaweha at Wawotobi Dam.

e. Construction of Tank Model

The constructed tank model is of four vertically-connected tanks. In this tank model, the output of the first tank

illustrates the surface runoff, the output of the second tank represents the intermediate flow, and the outputs from

the third and fourth tanks are the base flow. The tank scheme for each land use on each sub-watershed is

presented in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Tank models used in this study

f. Program

A program was made by using a computer to determine the total runoff. Mathematical equations that represent

the runoff were transformed into the computer programming language. The resulted program was used to

calibrate and validate the model using the existing data. This program was made on the worksheet using

Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The basic equation for the first tank is as follows;

xx1(t) = xx1(t-1) + CH – Etc – z1.xx1(t-1) – [(xx1(t) – h11) a11 + (xx1(t) – h12)a12] ………………...… (1)

The equation for the second tank is ;

xx2(t) = xx2(t – 1) – z2.xx2(t – 1) + z1.xx1 (t – 1) – [(xx2(t) – h2) a2] ……………….……...…….….. (2)

The equation for the third tank is;

xx3(t) = xx3(t – 1) – z3.xx3(t – 1) + z2.xx2 (t–1) – [(xx3(t)a3] ………………………….…...……. (3)

and the equation for the fourth tank is ;

xx4(t) = xx4(t – 1) – z3.xx3(t – 1) – [(xx4(t) a4] .….………..………………….................................. (4)

while the river discharge (Q) is calculated by the following equation ;

Q(t) = [(xx1(t) – h11) a11 + (xx1(t) – h12) a12] + [(xx2(t) – h2) a2] + xx3 (t).a3 + xx4(t).a4 ………….… (5)

Whereby:

xt : Height of groundwater content (GW)

a4

ETc

inf

CH

up1

h11 h12

h2

z1

z2

a11

a12

a2 xx2

xx1

up2

z3 a3

xx3

up3

xx4

up0 Notes:

xx: ground water content (mm)

h: height of tank outlet hole (mm)

a: coefficient of tank outlet hole

z: coefficient of downward outlet hole

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ha : Height of stored water (height of outlet hole)

Z : coefficient of infiltration hole

a, b : coefficient of outlet hole

CH : Rainfall depth

Etc : Actual evapotranspiration

t : time (day)

i : 1, 2,.., 4

The flow chart of the mathematical concept of models to determine the performance parameter of root water

uptake can be seen in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Flowchart of mathematical concept of models

g. Model Calibration/Verification

The model was calibrated by comparing the discharge of the model and the daily actual flow. Calibration is

performed repeatedly with the trial and error method for the model parameters in order to obtain a model with

the discharge value that is closer to the actual discharge with the coefficient of determination of more than 0.8,

which means that the model output has represented the accuracy of more than 80% of the actual discharge.

h. Validity Test/Model Validation

Model validation is done by performing a simulated discharge estimation using the calibrated model based on

the data of rainfall, discharge and daily evapotranspiration in the model verification process. The benchmark of

the validity test of the model is based on the following two aspects:

1) The resulted graphical relationship between the model discharge and the actual discharge so that the

absolute maximum and minimum values can be determined from the collected data.

2) The determination coefficient (R2) is calculated with the following equation;

R2 = 1 – [ ∑ (yi – xi)

2 / ∑ (yi – y)

2 ] ..…………………………...………….…… (6)

Whereby:

yi = actual discharge n-I

xi = model discharge n-I



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y = mean of actual discharge, and

i = 1,2,3,…,n.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1 Calibration of Tank Model

This was based on the daily rainfall data of 2009 and to obtain the discharge value of the model. The values of

the parameters were determined by a trial and error method to produce a model that approaches the value of the

actual discharge with the largest coefficient of determination (R2). The parameter values determined by the trial

and error method are among others soil water content (xx), hole height of tank outlet (h), coefficient of the tank

outlet hole (a), and coefficient of downward tank holes (z). Table 1 shows the coefficient values of parameters

from the resulted calibration using the 2009 data, with the coefficient of determination (R2) of 23.81 %, as a

result of the lack of actual data. Then, calibration was made with the reference to the daily data for one month in

March 2009, which was the best discharge data available and corrections were made to the discharge data of the

other months. After the tank model was calibrated, it could be used for the next stage.

Based on the coefficient values of the calibrated tank models, it can be seen that the coefficient of the tank outlet

(a) gets smaller as it goes down because the deeper the soil layer, the smaller the ability of soil to run off the

water. Similarly, the coefficient of the downward tank (z) gets smaller as it goes down because the deeper the

soil layers, the smaller the soil's ability to carry water to deeper layers (percolation). From the results of the

calibrated tank model, it was found that the soil water content (xx) was the highest in the fourth tank. The water

content in the soil at the depth level of each tank is heavily influenced by the types of plants that live on it

because each plant has a different depth of rooting, so the ability to transport water from the ground is different.

Table 1. Coefficients of the Resulted Tank Model Calibration

Parameter Coefficient

value Forest

Agriculture

Rice field Settlement

area Savana

Shrub

lands

Groundwater

content of tank 2 xx1 130 120 110 90 100 100

Groundwater


Groundwater


Coefficient of tank

outlet 1-1 xx4 660 660 660 660 660 660

Coefficient of tank

outlet 1-2 a11 0 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.16 0.16

Coefficient of tank

outlet 2 a12 0 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.05

Coefficient of tank

outlet 3 a2 0 0.002 0.003 0.005 0.004 0.004

Coefficient of tank

outlet 4 a3 0.0005 0.0006 0.0007 0.0009 0.0008 0.0008

Height of tank

outlet 1-1 a4 0.00006 0.00007 0.00008 0.0001 0.00009 0.00009

Height of tank

outlet 1-2 h11 90 80 70 80 70 70

Height of tank

outlet 2 h12 60 50 50 60 50 50

Coefficient of tank

1 downward h2 130 110 100 100 110 110

Coefficient of tank

2 downward z1 0.89 0.09 0.08 0.05 0.07 0.07

Coefficient of tank

3 downward z2 0.56 0.016 0.015 0.011 0.013 0.013

Ground water

content of tank 2 z3 0.23 0.0011 0.0009 0.0007 0.0008 0.0008



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Figure 4. Land cover used in the model

Table 2. Land cover used in the calibration and validation stages of the model

Land Use Year 2009 (ha) Year 2011 (ha)

Forest 313,921.83 313,845.26

Settlement area 10.55 10.55

Agriculture 13,882.97 14,643.27

Savana 2,435.98 2,435.98

Rice field 163.89 163.90

Shrub lands 8,040.22 7,339.24

Figure 5. Graph of the resulted calibration of tank models using data of 2009

3.2 Tank Model Validation

The tank model validation in this study was performed using the daily rainfall data and the actual daily discharge

of 2011. This process used the coefficient values of tank models that have been obtained from the resulted

calibration based on the data of 2009, without taking into account the parameter of root water uptake carried out

by plants. The tank model validation based on the data of 2011 resulted in the coefficient value of determination

(R2), i.e., 83.56%, which is greater than the result of the calibrated tank models based on the data of 2009; this is

due to the differences in the level of accuracy in the actual daily discharge data used - the actual daily discharge

data of 2011 was more accurate than that of 2009.



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Figure 6. Graph of the resulted tank model

Validation based on the data of 2011

3.3 Model Analysis to Measure the Total Runoff, Infiltration and Groundwater Content of Each Land Use

The next stage was the analysis of the model to determine the total runoff or discharge, total infiltration and

groundwater content of each land use. The analysis results are presented in Figure 8-10. The rates of total

discharge, infiltration, and groundwater content were used to determine the water condition in the watershed of

Konaweha.

Figure 8. Total Runoff of the Sub-watershed of Konaweha in 2011

From the graph of the total runoff and infiltration, it can be seen that the forest land use and mixed agricultural

land has a major role in increasing river flow. In addition, the forest land use management can improve water

infiltration into the soil to absorb the quite large volume of water for use in the dry season.

Figure 9. Total Infiltration of each land use on the sub-watershed of Konaweha in 2011

Figure. 7. Graph of Distribution of Resulted tank

model validation based the data of 2011



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Figure 10. Volume of groundwater in each land use on the sub-watershed of Konaweha in 2011

In the graph it can be seen that the forest land use management has the greatest content of groundwater in the

sub-watershed of Konaweha; this is so because there is a close relationship between the components of soil,

water and vegetation. Soil is the medium for the growth of vegetation. Different soil types have different

characteristics in terms of physical, biological, or chemical properties. Soil properties can determine the type of

nutrients in the soil, the water volume that can be stored in the soil, and the root system that reflects the water

circulation in the soil. The ability of soil to absorb water is reflected in the type of vegetation at ground level.

The vegetation function can effectively reflect the ability of soil to absorb rain water, maintain or increase the

rate of infiltration, and demonstrate the ability to hold water or water retention capacity (Schwab et al, 1993).

The forest land in the study site is dominated by Podsolic soil type and the Mediterranean type. The former is the

soil with the clay accumulation horizon (argillic horizon) and the base saturation of less than 50%, and without

having albik horizon. Meanwhile, the Mediterranean type is similar to the Podsolic soil in that it has argillic

horizon but has a base saturation of more than 50%. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) of the United States has

developed an index called the Runoff Curve Number (CN). This number states the collective effect of soil,

hydrological condition, and previous water content (U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1997). Based on the soil

classification system developed by SCS, the soil type in the study is categorized into the hydrologic group of

type C, i.e., clay soil, sandy clay, soils of low organic matter, and soils of high clay content. The graph above

shows that the total runoff on the forest land is 977.41 mm/year and the total infiltration is 1,685.9 mm/year.

Infiltration process is influenced by several factors such as soil texture and structure, early water supply (soil

humidity), biological activity and organic matter, the type and depth of litter, and undergrowth or other ground

covers (Asdak, 1995). The forest land in the study site is in general categorized as having rapid infiltration

because the contributing factors such as the blocky structure somewhat rounded, smooth, weak and crumbly. The

soil texture is dominantly of clay to silty clay, with the soil pore indicative of adequate macrospores and meso

pores. The soil drainage or water seeping rate into the soil in terms of the duration and frequency of saturated

water is good/moderate. The vegetation covering the ground surface of forest land is in the form of hard trees

whose roots make cavities in the soil, causing the water to infiltrate more easily into the ground. The plant roots

can penetrate the soil and form cavities in between so that the water easily enters the cavities between the roots.

It is also related to the large ground water content in forest land, amounting to 1,659.95 mm/year.

3.4 Application of the Tank Model Scenario to Increase the Potential Water Supply in the Sub-watershed of

Konaweha

The next stage was to analyze the scenarios of tank model (business as usual, pessimistic, moderate, and

optimistic) in order to determine which scenario is the most accurate to use in the management of land use

(forest, farming, rice field, housing, savanna, and shrubs) in the sub-watershed of Konaweha to reduce runoff

and increase the potential water supply in the sub-watershed of Konaweha through the conservation of water

resources. From the resulted analysis of the models, some scenarios were formulated to apply the tanks models

for increasing the potential water supply in the sub-watershed of Konaweha, namely (1) a pessimistic scenario

(holding on the existing condition while improving the conservation of water resources marginally); (2) a

moderate scenario (improving the water resource conservation but not optimally; and (3) an optimistic scenario

(improving the water resource conservation comprehensively and integratedly involving related stakeholders).

a. Total Volume of Runoff Model

Water runoff is part of precipitation flowing to streams, lakes or the sea as surface flow and under surface flow

(Schwab et al, 1966). The ratio of total runoff from each land use management was made by comparing the

runoff rates obtained from the various scenarios (business as usual, pessimistic, moderate, and optimistic). The

calculation of the tank models found that the best scenario to reduce runoff that can happen to every unit of

analyses on the land use management was the optimistic scenario, with the smallest total runoff of 2,093

m3/year.



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Figure 11. Total Volume of Runoff on the water-shed of Konaweha with the Scenarios

From the Figure above it can be seen that the change in the land use pattern in a region can influence the water

volume coming out from a watershed system. From the whole result of simulations, a conclusion can be made

that the water conservation effort in the forest land, mixed-farming land, rice field, housing, savanna, and shrubs

can minimize the maximum water volume and increase the minimum volume. This means that not all of the

rainfall on a watershed system directly flows to the river, but it is stored first in the soil in the form of soil water

(soil water reserve). The methods of water conservation includes the use of plants or plant remains, which is

called a vegetative method, and the manipulation of soil surface and the construction an erosion-preventing

structure, called a mechanic method (Arsyad, 2000).

The water resource conservation applicable on the forest land can include reforestation particularly on the

deforested region as a result illegal logging. The water resource conservation that can be applied on the

agriculture land is by making mounds or terraces. On the rice field, water conservation can be in the form of

bench terraces and improved irrigation. On settlement area the conservation effort can be made by improving

drainage and applying the water absorption technology such as absorption wells or water absorption holes

around the settlement area. On savanna, it can be done by building terraces and growing permanent grass. On the

shrub area, what can be done for water conservation is the making of bench terraces and planting shrubs with

good cover plants. The most important effect of conservation technique is the reduced rapid surface flow and the

increased slow flow (base flow), i.e. the flow from the underground. The surface flow decreased from 2,729

mm/year on the existing condition in 2011 to 2,093 mm/year on the optimistic scenario.

b. Total Infiltration of Model

The rainwater entrance into the soil and going to the surface of soil water is called infiltration. This involves

three processes independent of one another, namely rain water going through the pores of soil surface, water

stored in the soil and the process of water flow to other places (Sutoyo, 1999).

Figure 12. Total Infiltration on the watershed of Konaweha with a Scenarios

The comparison of total infiltration on each land use management was based on the comparison of infiltration

values obtained from the various scenarios (business as usual, pessimistic, moderate, and optimistic). From the

resulted calculation, it was found that the best scenario to increase the infiltration rate that could occur to each

unit of analyses on land use management was the optimistic scenario, with the biggest total infiltration of 56,419

mm/year. The most significant effect of conservation was the increased infiltration value from 55,782 mm/year

in the existing condition of 2011 to 56,419 mm/year with the optimistic scenario. The infiltration value of each

unit of land use management with the effort of water conservation (optimistic scenario) had a higher infiltration

value compared to the land use management without water conservation efforts. The infiltration rate was

determined by the infiltration capacity and the water supply rate. If rain intensity (water supply rate) is smaller

2,729 2,444

2,188 2,093

-

1,000

2,000

3,000

Business as

Usual

Pesimistic Moderate Optimistic

mm

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than that of the infiltration capacity, then the infiltration rate is equal to the rain intensity. If rain intensity exceed

the infiltration capacity, then standing water occurs in the soil surface or runoff.

c. Total Amount of Groundwater Model

The biggest infiltration rate occurred to the low groundwater content. The higher the groundwater content, the

smaller the infiltration rate; and this will reach a constant minimum rate on the water-saturated soil. The

properties of various soil layer profiles determine the speed of water entrance. On the cultivated soils, water

downward movement is often hindered at the upper layer because soil aggregates have been dispersed and soil

pores clogged by clay and dust (internal erosion), or by the formation of a plow sole layer that occurs as a result

of repeated soil cultivation on a wet condition at the same depth. A coarse-textured soil layer under a finely

textured layer inhibits downward movement of water before the finely textured layer is saturated with water.

Figure 13. Total Amount of Groundwater in the sub-watershed of Konaweha with a Scenario

As shown in the figure above, the groundwater content increased from 54,217 mm/ year in the existing condition

of 2011 to 55,380 mm/year (optimistic scenario). This occurs because the soil conservation with the vegetative

methods (cover crops) can increase the rate of water infiltration that occurs in the soil layers, thus increasing the

soil water content in the deeper soil layers. There are several ways to influence the infiltration and percolation by

one factor already mentioned above. The amount of water that enters the soil can be increased by increasing the

water deposit as a result of cultivation, making of bedding or cultivation adjusted to soil contour. Reducing the

amount of evaporation by mulching can, for example, also increase the amount of water that goes into the

ground.

Fertilizing with organic fertilizers and covering the soil with plants or plant remains can also increase the

infiltration capacity. Holes or cracks in the soil created by ground animals, such as worms and insects, increase

the amount of water that seep into the ground. The loss of water from the soil profile by the drainage system,

transpiration and evaporation makes the soil pores empty, allowing the soil to absorb more water during the next

rain. New approaches and policies are required so that soil conservation can be widely accepted and

implemented at reasonable costs. The new approach is based on the improvement in land use system that leads to

the growing of better vegetation ground cover. Such a system can protect the soil from erosion, improve soil

fertility, increase soil organic matter content, and maximize the absorption of water by soil. Seasonal crops,

grass, or trees grow better, the yield increases and the farmers can get benefit (Arsyad, 2006).

Policies and programs are required that can ensure people's participation on a large scale in the conservation of

water resources for the many benefits derived from this action. To make this happen, the local government still

needs to take full responsibility and control in conservation, but its main role is to encourage the participation of

rural communities in finding and implementing a solution. To ensure the application of the water conservation

on a wide scale with an acceptable cost, the national policy should be aimed at three related objects, namely (1)

improving land use and management, (2) encouraging a full participation of all elements of society, and (3)

developing institutions that provide a range of support needed by land users.

4. Conclusions and Recomendation

4.1 Conclusions

1) The volume of runoff in the forest land use management is the biggest (977.41 mm/year), which is

comparable to the size of the largest forest if compared to the size of other land use management. The

infiltration value on forest land is the biggest (1,685.9 mm/year) compared to that of other land use. This is

so because the cover crops on forest land can increase the rate of water infiltration into the soil layers, thus

increasing the soil water content in the deeper soil layers. The largest amount of ground water content is on

the forest land, with the volume of 1,659.95 mm/year. This is caused by the absorption of water carried by

the roots of cover crops on the forest land.

2) The runoff volume in the sub-watershed of Konaweha with the optimistic scenario and the implementation

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improvement of irrigation and drainage, water absorption and application of technology such as catchment

wells and leach pit technology or biopori around residential areas, will result in smaller discharge of runoff

compared with the business as usual scenario without water resource conservation; this means that the

water conservation can hinder the surface flow rate, thus lowering the runoff on the upper layers of the soil.

3) The volume of surface runoff dropped from 2,729 mm/year in the existing condition of 2011 to 2,093

mm/year (optimistic scenario) after the application of conservation land, which means a smaller possibility

of water shortage in the dry season. The infiltration value on each unit of land use management with soil

conservation (optimistic scenario) has a greater infiltration value compared with the unit without soil

conservation efforts (business as usual scenario). The total value of infiltration increased from 55,782

mm/year in the existing conditions of 2011 to 56,419 mm/year with the implementation of the optimistic

scenario. This happens because the vegetative method of conservation (cover crops) can increase the rate of

water infiltration into the soil layers, hence increasing soil water content in the deeper soil layers. The

ground water content increased from 54,217 mm/year in the existing conditions of 2011 to 55,380 mm/year

(optimistic scenario). Groundwater content in each unit of land use management with conservation efforts

can fill up in a greater depth due to the absorption of water by the roots of cover crops.

4) From the above results it can be concluded that the conservation of water resources could improve the

potential groundwater content. The role of land use that takes into account the aspects of water resource

conservation is very important in keeping the interval between the maximum and minimum river flow at a

moderate level, or not too high. This tank model can also be used to predict the river discharge or flow in

various land use at the sub-watershed of Konaweha.

4.2 Recommendation

Tank model that used in the simulation study can be used as a basis for the development of a more perfect

simulation model, and this model still needs to be tested in other watersheds with different characteristics with

the location of this study, as well as have a data source with a more complete time series.

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